Manfred B. Steger is Professor of Sociology at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. He has served as an academic consultant on globalization for the U.S. State Department and as an advisor to the PBS television series, Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism. He is the author of over 30 books and numerous articles on globalization, and social and political theory, including The Rise of the Global Imaginary: Political Ideologies from the French Revolution to the Global War on Terror (Oxford University Press, 2008); the award-winning Globalisms: Facing the Populist Challenge, 4th ed. (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020); and the bestselling Globalization: A Very Short Introduction, 6th ed. (Oxford UP 2023).

In this comprehensive sweep of global history from antiquity to the present, Manfred Steger shows once again why he is considered the sage of global studies. Even in today’s era of antiglobal neo-nationalisms, he reveals that globalization is alive in myriad forms. The concept and its many manifestations are deftly analyzed in these lucid essays, displaying the problems and prospects that will continue to challenge the global world to come.

• Preface & AcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesPART I: HISTORIES & THEORIES A Genealogy of “Globalization”The Four Meaning Branches of the Family Tree Called “Globalization”The Neoliberal Revolution and the “Globalization of Markets”Concluding Reflections on the Meaning of “Globalization” in this BookFour Ages of Globalization Periodizing Globalization: Perilous PitfallsPeriodizing Globalization: Alternative ModelsThe Age of the Embodied Globalization (10000BCE–3000BCE)The Age of Institutional Globalization (3000BCE – 1600CE)The Age of Objectified Globalization (1600–1914)The Age of Disembodied Globalization (1914–2000)Concluding ReflectionsA Critical Appraisal of Globalization TheoryGlobalization Theory: The BasicsThe Dominant Framework of Globalization TheoryAn Alternative Framework of Globalization TheoryThe Generalizing ModeThe Domain ModeThe Complexity ModeConcluding RemarksPART II: IDEOLOGIES & MOVEMENTSContending GlobalismsPolitical Ideologies and Social ImaginariesIdeological Struggles of the 21st CenturyConcluding ReflectionsThe Challenge of Antiglobalist PopulismThe Significance of Global CrisesWhat Is National-Populism?Mapping Trump’s Antiglobalist PopulismThe Populist ParadoxConcluding Reflections of the Future of Antiglobalist PopulismPART III: ISSUES & PROBLEMSThe Rise of Global Studies in Higher EducationThe Institutional Evolution of Global StudiesThe Global Studies Story at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB)The First Pillar of Global Studies: GlobalizationThe Second Pillar of Global Studies: TransdisciplinarityThe Third Pillar of Global Studies: Space & TimeThe Fourth Pillar of Global Studies: Critical ThinkingConcluding Remarks: Critiques of Global StudiesDigital Globalization in the COVID-19 EraFour Social Formations of GlobalizationDigitization and Disjunctive GlobalizationThe Production of the Unhappy ConsciousnessConcluding Reflections on the Impact of COVID-19Globalization in 2040: Environment, Population, DevelopmentEnvironmentPopulationDevelopmentConcluding ReflectionsNotesIndexAbout the Author

Manfred B. Steger is Professor of Sociology at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. He has served as an academic consultant on globalization for the U.S. State Department and as an advisor to the PBS television series, Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism. He is the author of over 30 books and numerous articles on globalization, and social and political theory, including The Rise of the Global Imaginary: Political Ideologies from the French Revolution to the Global War on Terror (Oxford University Press, 2008); the award-winning Globalisms: Facing the Populist Challenge, 4th ed. (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020); and the bestselling Globalization: A Very Short Introduction, 6th ed. (Oxford UP 2023).

In this comprehensive sweep of global history from antiquity to the present, Manfred Steger shows once again why he is considered the sage of global studies. Even in today’s era of antiglobal neo-nationalisms, he reveals that globalization is alive in myriad forms. The concept and its many manifestations are deftly analyzed in these lucid essays, displaying the problems and prospects that will continue to challenge the global world to come.

• Preface & AcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesPART I: HISTORIES & THEORIES A Genealogy of “Globalization”The Four Meaning Branches of the Family Tree Called “Globalization”The Neoliberal Revolution and the “Globalization of Markets”Concluding Reflections on the Meaning of “Globalization” in this BookFour Ages of Globalization Periodizing Globalization: Perilous PitfallsPeriodizing Globalization: Alternative ModelsThe Age of the Embodied Globalization (10000BCE–3000BCE)The Age of Institutional Globalization (3000BCE – 1600CE)The Age of Objectified Globalization (1600–1914)The Age of Disembodied Globalization (1914–2000)Concluding ReflectionsA Critical Appraisal of Globalization TheoryGlobalization Theory: The BasicsThe Dominant Framework of Globalization TheoryAn Alternative Framework of Globalization TheoryThe Generalizing ModeThe Domain ModeThe Complexity ModeConcluding RemarksPART II: IDEOLOGIES & MOVEMENTSContending GlobalismsPolitical Ideologies and Social ImaginariesIdeological Struggles of the 21st CenturyConcluding ReflectionsThe Challenge of Antiglobalist PopulismThe Significance of Global CrisesWhat Is National-Populism?Mapping Trump’s Antiglobalist PopulismThe Populist ParadoxConcluding Reflections of the Future of Antiglobalist PopulismPART III: ISSUES & PROBLEMSThe Rise of Global Studies in Higher EducationThe Institutional Evolution of Global StudiesThe Global Studies Story at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB)The First Pillar of Global Studies: GlobalizationThe Second Pillar of Global Studies: TransdisciplinarityThe Third Pillar of Global Studies: Space & TimeThe Fourth Pillar of Global Studies: Critical ThinkingConcluding Remarks: Critiques of Global StudiesDigital Globalization in the COVID-19 EraFour Social Formations of GlobalizationDigitization and Disjunctive GlobalizationThe Production of the Unhappy ConsciousnessConcluding Reflections on the Impact of COVID-19Globalization in 2040: Environment, Population, DevelopmentEnvironmentPopulationDevelopmentConcluding ReflectionsNotesIndexAbout the Author

Manfred B. Steger is Professor of Sociology at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. He has served as an academic consultant on globalization for the U.S. State Department and as an advisor to the PBS television series, Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism. He is the author of over 30 books and numerous articles on globalization, and social and political theory, including The Rise of the Global Imaginary: Political Ideologies from the French Revolution to the Global War on Terror (Oxford University Press, 2008); the award-winning Globalisms: Facing the Populist Challenge, 4th ed. (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020); and the bestselling Globalization: A Very Short Introduction, 6th ed. (Oxford UP 2023).

In this comprehensive sweep of global history from antiquity to the present, Manfred Steger shows once again why he is considered the sage of global studies. Even in today’s era of antiglobal neo-nationalisms, he reveals that globalization is alive in myriad forms. The concept and its many manifestations are deftly analyzed in these lucid essays, displaying the problems and prospects that will continue to challenge the global world to come.

• Preface & AcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesPART I: HISTORIES & THEORIES A Genealogy of “Globalization”The Four Meaning Branches of the Family Tree Called “Globalization”The Neoliberal Revolution and the “Globalization of Markets”Concluding Reflections on the Meaning of “Globalization” in this BookFour Ages of Globalization Periodizing Globalization: Perilous PitfallsPeriodizing Globalization: Alternative ModelsThe Age of the Embodied Globalization (10000BCE–3000BCE)The Age of Institutional Globalization (3000BCE – 1600CE)The Age of Objectified Globalization (1600–1914)The Age of Disembodied Globalization (1914–2000)Concluding ReflectionsA Critical Appraisal of Globalization TheoryGlobalization Theory: The BasicsThe Dominant Framework of Globalization TheoryAn Alternative Framework of Globalization TheoryThe Generalizing ModeThe Domain ModeThe Complexity ModeConcluding RemarksPART II: IDEOLOGIES & MOVEMENTSContending GlobalismsPolitical Ideologies and Social ImaginariesIdeological Struggles of the 21st CenturyConcluding ReflectionsThe Challenge of Antiglobalist PopulismThe Significance of Global CrisesWhat Is National-Populism?Mapping Trump’s Antiglobalist PopulismThe Populist ParadoxConcluding Reflections of the Future of Antiglobalist PopulismPART III: ISSUES & PROBLEMSThe Rise of Global Studies in Higher EducationThe Institutional Evolution of Global StudiesThe Global Studies Story at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB)The First Pillar of Global Studies: GlobalizationThe Second Pillar of Global Studies: TransdisciplinarityThe Third Pillar of Global Studies: Space & TimeThe Fourth Pillar of Global Studies: Critical ThinkingConcluding Remarks: Critiques of Global StudiesDigital Globalization in the COVID-19 EraFour Social Formations of GlobalizationDigitization and Disjunctive GlobalizationThe Production of the Unhappy ConsciousnessConcluding Reflections on the Impact of COVID-19Globalization in 2040: Environment, Population, DevelopmentEnvironmentPopulationDevelopmentConcluding ReflectionsNotesIndexAbout the Author